Captain Dynamo (video game)

{{Infobox video game

| title = Captain Dynamo

| image = Captain Dynamo.jpg

| caption =

| developer = Codemasters

| writer =

| artist =

| composer = Allister Brimble (Commodore 64)

| publisher = Codemasters

| series =

| released = 1992

| genre = Platform

| modes =

| platforms = {{cslist|Atari ST|Amiga|ZX Spectrum|MS-DOS|Commodore 64}}

}}

Captain Dynamo is a vertically scrolling platform game developed by Codemasters and released in 1992. Captain Dynamo, an aging superhero, is brought out of retirement to recover a haul of stolen diamonds from the trap-infested rocket-ship of the villainous Austen Von Flyswatter.{{Cite web|title=Captain Dynamo at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware|url=https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxsr.php?id=9319|access-date=2020-11-08|website=Spectrum Computing|language=en}} It was published for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and MS-DOS.{{Cite web|title=Captain Dynamo at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware|url=https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=9319|access-date=2020-11-08|website=Spectrum Computing|language=en}} Versions for Game Gear and Mega Drive were planned but never released.{{cite magazine|url=http://oldgamemags.ukprintarchive.com/Multi-format%20Publications/Computer%20&%20Video%20Games/CVG%20(1994-04)%20149%20(EMAP).pdf/#page/13|title=News: Dizzy Does The Treble|magazine=Computer and Video Games|issue=149|publisher=EMAP|date=April 1994|page=14|access-date=2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918090953/http://oldgamemags.ukprintarchive.com/Multi-format%20Publications/Computer%20%26%20Video%20Games/CVG%20%281994-04%29%20149%20%28EMAP%29.pdf/#page/13|archive-date=2018-09-18|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/megazoneau41#page/n15/mode/1up|title=GameSpy - PreViews: Captain Dynamo|magazine=Mega Zone|issue=41|publisher=Elwood, Vic.: Megazone Publications|date=July 1994|pages=16–18}}

Gameplay

There are six stages in total. The goal is to collect as many diamonds as possible in each stage and then enter the teleport unit at the top. The task is complicated by various mechanical hazards and creatures.{{Cite web|title=Captain Dynamo (1992)|url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/captain-dynamo|access-date=2020-11-08|website=MobyGames}}